WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            May 5, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1005

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniel, Chris (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

                                 Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

            HB 1029

                 For:

                                 Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate, probate, trust law section (REPTL) of the state bar of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self; Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section of State Bar of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)

                 On:

                                 Friedlander, Leslie (Attorney General)

            HB 1330

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Foster, Tania (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pate, Gardner (Houston Methodist)

                 On:

                                 Lopez, Chris (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 1419

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Bruce (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Brazell, James (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

                                 Womack, Daniel (The Dow Chemical Company)

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Robert (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)

            HB 1520

                 For:

                                 Broussard, Danielle (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Easton, Michael (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)

                 Against:

                                 Stubblefield, Bill (Board of Regional Presiding Judges)

                                 Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

            HB 1806

                 For:

                                 Casey, Stephen (Self)

                                 Gammon, William (Self)

                                 McMichael, Dana (Self)

                                 Pendergrass, Tod (Self; Civil process servers association of texas)

                                 Read, Anthony (Self)

                                 Rogers, David (Self)

                                 Rogers, David (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cromwell, Dennis (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)

                                 Easton, Michael (Self)

                                 Gravell, Bill (Self; The Justice of the Peace and Constables Assc. Of Texas)

                                 Keeney, Rick (Self; Texas Professional Process Servers Association)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 McEwen, Michael (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Brooks, David B. (County Attorney Vince Ryan, Harris County)

                                 Burrow, Mark (Self; Tpsa)

                                 Carson, Monica (Self; TPSA)

                                 Compton, Darla (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Jester Saucedo, Jessica (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)

                                 Oakley, Keith (Texas Process Servers Association)

                                 Patterson, Sean (Self; TPSA)

                                 Serdinia, Destinee (Self; TPSA)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                                 Weeks, Samuel (Self; Texas Process Server Association)

                                 Wong, Keith (Self)

            HB 2013

                 For:

                                 Ferrill, Don (Self; Texas Veterinary Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Copeland, Chris (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)

                                 Smith, Michele (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

            HB 2274

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Bruce (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Hartnett, Will (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

            HB 3079

                 For:

                                 Casey, Stephen (Self)

                                 Gammon, William (Self)

                                 Jackson, Jeffrey (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lane, Robert "Chip" (Self)

                                 Locust, Erica (Self)

                                 Read, Anthony (Self)

                                 Rogers, David (Self)

                                 Rogers, David (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Pendergrass, Tod (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 McBeth, Kelly (Gas Processors Association)

            HB 3176

                 Against:

                                 Roach, Nelson (Self; Texas trial lawyers)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Carmen (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Todd (Time Warner Cable)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Verizon)

                                 Meyers, Lucas (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Munoz, Leo (Comcast)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Chiodo, Dana (TechAmerica)

                                 VanWinkle, Kim (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 3319

                 For:

                                 Kiel, Teresa (Self; The Count and District Clerks' Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3432

                 For:

                                 Hartle, Barbara (City of Houston)

                                 Mckinney, Donald (Houston Police Dept.)

                                 Zamora, Randy (City of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Easton, Michael (Self)

                                 Ugueto, Antonia (Self; Municipal Justice Bar Associtation of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 McMahan, Kelly (Self; Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas)

            HB 3662

                 For:

                                 Hunker, Kathleen (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Panagos, Jill (Self)

                                 Seale, Michael (Self)

                                 Stovall, Scott (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

            HB 3914

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Hood, Kristi (Self)

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 Luckey, Betty (Self)

                                 Pritchett, Virginia (Self)

                                 Smoot, Kelley (Self)

                                 Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship reform advocates for the disabled and elderly)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burnett, Lorri (Self)

                                 Davis, John (Self; Grsdm)

                                 Easton, Michael (Self)

                                 Easton, Michael (Self)

                                 Herndon, Patrick (Self)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Mason, ElizaBeth (Self)

                                 McGinty, Ione (Self)

                                 Norman, Susan (Self)

                                 Sherrick, Kristy (Self)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Suehs, Thomas (Self)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Myers, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                 On:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory probate courts of texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self)

            HB 3996

                 For:

                                 Stout, David (El Paso County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniel, Chris (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

                 On:

                                 Williford, Jeff (Texas Veterans Commission)

            HJR 90

                 For:

                                 Roach, Nelson (Self; Texas trial lawyers)

                 Against:

                                 Casey, Stephen (Self)

                                 Garza, Henry (District attorneys)

                                 Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)

                 On:

                                 Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                                 Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Bassett, Sam (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Boyd, Dustin (52nd judicial district attorney)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Renken, Julie (21st Judicial District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Mcminn, Lisa (Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney)

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